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Iran has announced sanctions against 15 American companies, alleging they support terrorism, repression and Israel's occupation of Palestine, in retaliation for sanctions earlier announced by the US.
A Foreign Ministry statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency on Sunday said the sanctions barred companies from any agreements with Iranian firms, and that former and current directors would not be eligible for visas into Iran.
It also said any of the company's assets in Iran could be seized.
"The sanctioned companies have, directly and/or indirectly, been involved in the brutal atrocities committed by the Zionist regime in the occupied Palestinian territories, or they have supported the regime's terrorist activities and Israel's development of Zionist settlements on the Palestinian soil," the IRNA report said.Iran's new sanctions comes after the Trump administration in February sanctioned more than two dozen people and companies in retaliation for a recent ballistic missile test.
The wide-ranging list from an American real estate company to a major arms manufacturer appeared more symbolic than anything else as the firms were not immediately known to be doing business anywhere in the Islamic Republic.
The companies named did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Sunday.
Among those companies targeted are ITT Corp., missile-maker Raytheon Co. and truck maker Oshkosh, which has worked closely with Israeli armourred products maker Plasan.
The Israeli Defense Ministry is reportedly seeking to buy some 200 tactical trucks from the Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based company.
Kahr Arms and Magnum Research, two sanctioned firms which share the same parent company, advertise .44-caliber Magnum and .50-caliber "Desert Eagle" pistols — a product line that previously has been made in Israel.
On Sunday, a senior Iranian lawmaker was reported as saying that Iran would consider a bill branding the US military and the CIA as terrorist groups if the US Congress passes a bill designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organisation.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/iran-hits-reciprocal-sanctions-170326145952379.html
A Foreign Ministry statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency on Sunday said the sanctions barred companies from any agreements with Iranian firms, and that former and current directors would not be eligible for visas into Iran.
It also said any of the company's assets in Iran could be seized.
"The sanctioned companies have, directly and/or indirectly, been involved in the brutal atrocities committed by the Zionist regime in the occupied Palestinian territories, or they have supported the regime's terrorist activities and Israel's development of Zionist settlements on the Palestinian soil," the IRNA report said.Iran's new sanctions comes after the Trump administration in February sanctioned more than two dozen people and companies in retaliation for a recent ballistic missile test.
The wide-ranging list from an American real estate company to a major arms manufacturer appeared more symbolic than anything else as the firms were not immediately known to be doing business anywhere in the Islamic Republic.
The companies named did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Sunday.
Among those companies targeted are ITT Corp., missile-maker Raytheon Co. and truck maker Oshkosh, which has worked closely with Israeli armourred products maker Plasan.
The Israeli Defense Ministry is reportedly seeking to buy some 200 tactical trucks from the Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based company.
Kahr Arms and Magnum Research, two sanctioned firms which share the same parent company, advertise .44-caliber Magnum and .50-caliber "Desert Eagle" pistols — a product line that previously has been made in Israel.
On Sunday, a senior Iranian lawmaker was reported as saying that Iran would consider a bill branding the US military and the CIA as terrorist groups if the US Congress passes a bill designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organisation.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/iran-hits-reciprocal-sanctions-170326145952379.html